The pope is expected to wash the feet of refugees during Easter Week. Pope Francis will wash the feet of young refugees during the special foot-washing ritual over the Easter break.He has also offi...
Christians around the world are celebrating the World Day of Prayer for Peace. Pope Francis is returning to Assisi to observe the day, which is celebrated annually on 20th September.Speaking earlier ...
The leaders of South Sudan's Roman Catholic Church have called on Pope Francis to visit the war-torn nation. "We know his heart is in South Sudan," Samuel Abe, secretary general for the archdiocese o...
Pope Francis has used a speech on the lawn of the White House to call for action on climate change saying it was "clear" that it was a problem which "can no lon The pontiff was welcomed to America on...
Pope Francis has urged Bulgarians to open their hearts and homes to migrants, arguing that a country like Bulgaria, which is losing so much of its population to As he arrived in the Balkan nation for...
Pope Francis on Friday denounced the proliferation of adult and child pornography on the internet and demanded better protections for children online. It came even as the Vatican confronts its own cr...
Pope Francis has stressed the importance of protecting the environment in Mexico and condemned centuries-old exploitation and social exclusion of Mexico's indig The pontiff celebrated Mexico's Indian...
The pope has given his personal support to a Catholic charity as part of The Year of Mercy. Aid to the Church in Need's (ACN) "Be God's Mercy" initiative will be launched on Friday in Rome.The Pope...
The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has encouraged people to overcome indifference in his New Year message. Pope Francis said it is time to end indifference and what he calls "false neutra...
The last time a pope visited Ireland was 1979. More than 90 per cent of people were Catholic, now it is down to less than 80%.The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said a dramatic fall in the birth rat...
The pope is due to visit Auschwitz concentration camp on Friday during his time in Poland for the World Youth Day celebrations. More than one-and-a-half million prisoners, including one-in-six of the...
Pope Francis has visited a northern region of Italy which was hit by two deadly earthquakes in 2012. The pontiff was welcomed by tens of thousands of people who lined the street to greet him.He laid ...
Pope Francis has paid a visit to the retired Pope Benedict at his Vatican residence to wish him a happy summer. The two men met before the ex-Pope moved to the traditional papal summer residence of C...
Pope Francis arrived in Sweden today to celebrate with the Lutheran Church. It's the first time Pope Francis has visited the country and the first time a pontiff has visited Scandinavia since Pope Jo...
Pope Francis has visited the Vatican's new homeless shelter that was set up to help those in need. He met around 30 men that use the services, as well as volunteers that run the shelter which is loca...
The pope has warned Catholics away from fortune tellers, saying seers do not follow the teaching of Jesus. In his morning Mass, Pope Francis said that fortune tellers and seers cannot help people fin...
Pope Francis urged Bangladeshi priests and nuns to resist the "terrorism of gossip" that can tear religious communities apart as he brought his Asian tour to a As he has done in similar encounters, ...
Pope Francis has warned Catholics not to follow Jesus for vanity, power and wealth. Pope Francis has warned Catholics not to follow Jesus for vanity, power and wealth.Speaking at mass yesterday he sa...
Pope Francis demanded world leaders renounce atomic weapons and the Cold War-era doctrine of deterrence, saying the stockpiling of nuclear arms decreases securi Francis blasted the demise of arms con...
Pope Francis will "do everything he can" to come to Ireland in 2018, a senior Vatican official has said. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Holy See's Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life said th...
